Comments on: Chromed Audi R8 – Who Would Do Such a Thing?

By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 21:21:18 +0000

I don’t know man, those folks in the middle east come up with some crazy stuff! You might be right though.

By: Anthony Carbone

Anthony Carbone — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 17:49:11 +0000

I am going to call this car BS and assume its that god awful car wrap shit we have been seeing more and more of. I highly doubt this is polished aluminum body or chrome. Great find Chris!

By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 00:24:57 +0000

Thanks Ramon. Yeah, I guess it could just be polished aluminum, I’ve seen it before. That must be a pain in the ass to keep looking nice!

By: Ramon

Ramon — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 20:22:38 +0000

I believe it’s not really chrome finish… I saw an S8 in Saudi Arabia (a pic, I wasn’t actually there) and it was the same finish as this R8. Audi cars have aluminum bodies, all you have to do apparently is scrap away the paint and polish the bare metal. I do however agree entirely with your comments about wanting to draw attention… Will twit this page!

By: Tony

Tony — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 19:58:11 +0000

Yeah, not saying it’s at all my taste either, but the R8 was clearly influenced by the Avus and other Audi concepts, so (maybe) this owner was trying to pay tribute.

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:45:34 +0000

Interesting. Doesn’t look quite as god-awful as the chromed R8 though. At least it was designed with that finish in mind.

By: Tony

Tony — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:38:41 +0000

Clearly you’re not familiar with the Avus Quattro concept from the early 90s http://audicars.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/audi-avus-quattro.jpeg